RCS support returns to Samsung Messages on the Galaxy S25 series
Samsung seems to be in two minds about the fate of its messaging app.
- Samsung Messages has reportedly regained RCS support on Galaxy S25 series devices.
- Despite Samsung’s plans to sunset Samsung Messages, Galaxy S25 Ultra users on T-Mobile and Verizon can once again send RCS messages via the app.
- The app reportedly uses Google’s implementation of RCS messaging.
Samsung is giving mixed signals about its plans for the Samsung Messages app. Although the company has previously confirmed that Google Messages would become the default messaging app on Galaxy devices and its latest flagships don’t come with Samsung Messages pre-installed, new reports indicate that it has enabled a previously removed feature in Samsung Messages on Galaxy S25 series devices.
As part of its move to switch from Samsung Messages to Google Messages as the default messaging app on Galaxy phones, Samsung dropped RCS support from its messaging app with some US network carriers. However, recent reports from SammyGuru and 9to5Google claim that Samsung has brought back RCS support in Samsung Messages on the new Galaxy S25 series phones.
